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Who can apply: You can apply if your organization is located in a rural county or parish in the Delta region and is one of the below eligible organization types. The Delta region is the region served by the Delta Regional Authority, which includes 252 counties and parishes located across eight states - Alabama, Arkansas, Illinois, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, and Tennessee. To view maps of the counties and parishes in each state that are in the Delta region, visit https://dra.gov/about-dra/map-room/. To determine if a county or parish in the Delta region is rural visit HRSA’s Rural Health Grants Eligibility Analyzer at https://data.hrsa.gov/tools/rural-health. Types of eligible organizations These types of domestic* organizations may apply: •Public institutions of higher education •Private institutions of higher education •Non-profits with or without a 501(c)(3) IRS status •For-profit organizations, including small businesses •State, county, city, township, and special district governments, including the District of Columbia, domestic territories, and the freely associated states •Independent school districts •Native American tribal governments •Native American tribal organizations * “Domestic” means the 50 states, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Northern Mariana Islands, American Samoa, Guam, the U.S. Virgin Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, or the Republic of Palau. Individuals are not eligible applicants under this NOFO.

Who can apply: These types of domestic* organizations may apply: •Public institutions of higher education •Private institutions of higher education •Non-profits with or without a 501(c)(3) IRS status •For-profit organizations, including small businesses •State, county, city, township, and special district governments, including the District of Columbia, domestic territories, and freely associated states •Independent school districts •Native American tribal governments •Native American tribal organizations * “Domestic” means the 50 states, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Northern Mariana Islands, American Samoa, Guam, the U.S. Virgin Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, and the Republic of Palau. Individuals are not eligible applicants under this NOFO.

Who can apply: These types of domestic* organizations may apply: • Public institutions of higher education • Private institutions of higher education • Nonprofits with or without a 501(c)(3) IRS status • For-profit organizations, including small businesses • State, county, city, township, and special district governments, including the District of Columbia, domestic territories, and the freely associated states • Independent school districts • Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHC) • Community health centers • Rural Health Clinics (RHCs) • Hospitals • Rural Emergency Hospitals ? Native American tribal governments ? Native American tribal organizations Tribal exception: HRSA is aware that tribes and tribal organizations may have an established infrastructure without separation of services recognized by filing for EINs or UEI. In case of tribes and tribal governments, only a single EIN or UEI located in a HRSA-designated rural area is necessary to meet the network requirements. Tribes and tribal entities under the same tribal governance must still meet the network criteria of three or more entities under the single EIN or UEI. Each tribe or tribal entity must be committed to the proposed approach as evidenced by a signed letter of commitment. Please see the Tribal EIN/UEI exception request attachment for information on how to request this exception. * “Domestic” means the fifty states, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Northern Mariana Islands, American Samoa, Guam, the U.S. Virgin Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, and the Republic of Palau. Individuals are not eligible applicants under this NOFO.

Who can apply: These types of domestic* organizations may apply: • Public institutions of higher education. • Private institutions of higher education. • Nonprofits with or without a 501(c)(3) IRS status. • For-profit organizations, including small businesses. • State, county, city, township, and special district governments, including the District of Columbia, domestic territories, and the freely associated states. This includes state health departments. • Independent school districts. • Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHC), community health centers, Rural Health Clinics (RHCs) and hospitals, including Rural Emergency Hospitals • Native American tribal governments • Native American tribal organizations Applicant organizations that are federally recognized tribes or tribal organizations are eligible to apply if conducting all proposed activities within federally recognized tribal areas. Documentation of federally recognized tribal status must be included for this consideration provided in [attachment 1]. Individuals are not eligible applicants under this NOFO. * “Domestic” means the 50 states, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Northern Mariana Islands, American Samoa, Guam, the U.S. Virgin Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, and the Republic of Palau.

Who can apply: These types of domestic* organizations may apply: •Public institutions of higher education •Private institutions of higher education •Nonprofits with or without a 501(c)(3) IRS status •For-profit organizations, including small businesses •State, county, city, township, and special district governments, including the District of Columbia, domestic territories, and the freely associated states •Independent school districts •Rural Emergency Hospitals •Native American tribal governments •Native American tribal organizations * “Domestic” means the 50 states, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Northern Mariana Islands, American Samoa, Guam, the U.S. Virgin Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, and the Republic of Palau. Individuals are not eligible applicants under this NOFO.

Who can apply: Only states that are current Medicare Rural Hospital Flexibility Program award recipients under HRSA-24-002 are eligible to apply. HRSA will accept only one application from each state.

Who can apply: All domestic* public or private, non-profit, and for-profit entities are eligible to apply. Types of eligible organizations This includes entities such as non-profits with a 501(c)(3) and non-profits with an IRS status other than a 501(c)(3). Other eligible entities may include but are not limited to: •Public and private institutions of higher education •State and county health departments •Hospitals, including rural emergency hospitals •Native American tribal government and organizations •Community-based organization •Federally qualified health centers •Rural health clinics Tribal exception: HRSA is aware that tribes and tribal organizations may not meet the Employer Identification Number (EIN) or Unique Entity Identifier (UEI) requirement of this NOFO. As a result, tribes and tribal organizations that only have one EIN or UEI or are unable to demonstrate that the network is composed of at least three unique entities, may request a tribal exception. Applicants must request a tribal EIN exception in Attachment 14: Tribal EIN exception request. * “Domestic” means the 50 states, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Northern Mariana Islands, American Samoa, Guam, the U.S. Virgin Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, and the Republic of Palau. Individuals are not eligible applicants under this NOFO.

Who can apply: •Non-profits with or without a 501(c)(3) IRS status •For-profit organizations, including small businesses •State, county, city, township, and special district governments, including the District of Columbia, domestic territories, and the Freely Associated States •Native American tribal governments •Native American tribal organizations “Domestic” means the 50 states, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Northern Mariana Islands, American Samoa, Guam, the U.S. Virgin Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, and the Republic of Palau. Individuals are not eligible applicants under this NOFO.

Who can apply: These types of domestic* organizations may apply: •Public institutions of higher education •Private institutions of higher education •Non-profits with or without a 501(c)(3) IRS status •For profit organizations, including small businesses •State, county, city, township, and special district governments, including the District of Columbia, domestic territories, and freely associated states •Independent school districts •Native American tribal governments •Native American tribal organizations *“Domestic” means the 50 states, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Northern Mariana Islands, American Samoa, Guam, the U.S. Virgin Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, and the Republic of Palau. Individuals are not eligible applicants under this NOFO.

Who can apply: You can apply if your organization meets all three of the following criteria: 1. Your organization is in the United States and is: • Public or private, non-profit or for-profit 2. Your organization meets the following geographic requirements: • You are an organization physically located in the Delta Region • You are an organization with demonstrated experience serving, or the capacity to serve, rural underserved populations located within the Delta Region; and • Your organization proposes a project serving the rural Delta region. Applicants will be deemed non-responsive and will not be considered for this funding opportunity if the applicant: • Is located outside of the Delta Region; • Submits an application to serve populations outside of HRSA designated rural counties or rural census tracts in the Delta Region, and • Submits more than one application. For more details, see Program Requirements and Expectations.